®nnm of ^augua (Ctmommtealiij nf M&&Bnrtpx&stt& ( TOWN DOCUMENTS One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh ANNUAL REPORT of the Town of Saugus, Mass. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1942 THE CLIFTONDALE PRESS. SAUKUS LOCAL HISTORY **f. 352 Saugus v. 55 (Sawn of S'augua (tttrntmonfoealtli of (Mnzmdinztttz TOWN DOCUMENTS One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh ANNUAL REPORT of the Town of Saugus, Mass. SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY for 2^<^,ggDf!R? I THE CLIFTONDALK PRESS. SA1 I 1942] ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Elected Town Officers, 1942 Town Clerk VIOLA G. WILSON Term expires March, 1945 Selectmen GEORGE H. QUARMBY, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 HAROLD P. RICE " " " 1943 WILLIAM S. OLIVER " " " 1943 Assessors ALEXANDER S. ADDISON, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 " " ALBION RAMSDELL RICE " 1944 " " GEORGE H. MASON " 1945 Board of Public Welfare ARTHUR C. DUNK, Chairman Term expires March, 1945 GUSTAVE A. ANDERSON, Secretary " " " 1943 ERNEST M. HATCH " " " 1944 Treasurer HAROLD E. DODGE Term expires March, 1945 Collector of Taxes VIOLA G. WILSON Term expires March, 1945 Trustees of Public Library JOHN B. LANG, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 ALBERT R. MAGEE 1943 CHAUNCEY V. WHITTREDGE 1944 KALER A. PERKINS 1944 WALTER D. BLOSSOM 1945 LEVERETT B. MEARS 1945 Board of Health LEROY C. FURBUSH, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 JAMES A. CLARK " " " 1944 " " RICHARD J. SPENCER " 1945 School Committee GEORGE A. M (/CARRIER, Chairman Term expires March, 1944 HARRY WEXTWORTH " " " 1943 WALDO B. RUSSELL " " " 1943 ANNIE L. HALLIN " " " 1945 WILLIAM STEWART BRAID " " " 1945 4 TOWN DOCUMENTS TDec. 31 Cemetery Commissioners WILLIAM E. LUDDEN Term expires March, 1944 HENRY A. B. PECKHAM " " " 1945 BENJAMIN F. FULLERTON " " " 1943 Tree Warden EDWARD S. BATCHELDER Term expires March, 1943 Planning Board FRANK A. GREEN, Chairman Term expires March, 1946 WALTER L. ROY " " " 1943 H. WARREN BUTLER " " " 1944 WILLIAM H. ROBINSON " " " 1945 JACK A. MEEKER " " " 1947 Playgound Commissioners CHARLES N. CHESLEY, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 EDWIN M. HOLMES " " " 1943 THOMAS F. ROBINSON " " " 1943 Moderator LAURENCE F. DAVIS Term expires March, 1943 Constable W. CHARLES SELLICK Term expires March, 1943 1942] TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Town Meeting Members, 1942 PRECINCT ONE Term Expires Name Address 1945 Henry H. Calderwood 20 Prospect Street 1945 Archie C. Cheever 27 Taylor Street 1945 George H. Durgin 41 Main Street 1945 Elmer R. Emmett 65 Summer Street 1945 Henry A. McCullough 280 Central Street 1945 Welcome W. McCullough 280 Central Street 1945 Jack A. Meeker 26 Summer Street 1945 Henry A. B. Peckham 329 Central Street 1945 W. Charles Sellick 43 Main Street 1945 Charles Wilson 8 Columbus Avenue 1944 Pearl E. Belonga 5 Emory Court 1944 Albert C. Day 17 Emory Street 1944 Delmont E. Goding 23 Pleasant Street 1944 Lewis 0. Gray 91 Main Street 1944 George I. Hull 44 Pleasant Street 1944 W. Ernest Light 13 Parker Street 1944 Ellery E. Metcalf 51 Howard Street 1944 Frederick L. Sawyer 7 Austin Street 1944 Harry F. Wentworth 11 Emory Street 1944 Bertrand D. Westendarp 36 Pleasant Street 1943 Frank K. Berthold 392 Main Street 1943 Walter D. Blossom 11 Vine Street 1943 L. Elmer Day 17 Emory Street 1943 Stanley W. Day 17 Emory Street 1943 Chester E. Gay 8 Appleton Street 1943 Harold W. Humphrey 111 Main Street 1943 Frederick M. Kelley 24 Appleton Street 1943 Ernest A. Merrithew 6 Columbus Avenue 1943 Ruth E. Sawyer 4 Newhall Street 1943 Elmer H. Watson 32 Prospect Street PRECINCT TWO Term Expires Name Address 1945 Benjamin Q. Belonga 24 Jackson Street 1945 H. Warren Butler 17 Jackson Street 1945 C. Carroll Cunningham 376 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Arthur Dearing 78 Clifton Avenue 1945 Charles E. Flynn 38 Jackson Street 1945 Leroy C. Furbush 420 Lincoln Avenue 1945 John B. Leahy 5 Western Avenue 1945 Charles M. O'Connor 14 Ernest Street 1945 Harold I. Wilkinson 10 Castle Street 1944 Kenneth J. Barnes 20 Park Street 1944 Earle N. Dudman 580 Lincoln Avenue 1944 Fred L. Green 8 Jackson Street 1944 Arthur E. Jackson 15 Wamesit Avenue 1944 Clarence O. Martin 2 Trull Circle 1944 Harold E. Parker 19 Mountain Avenue 1944 Russell R. Peterson 10 Overlook Terrace 1944 Peter A. Rossetti 12 Summit Avenue 1944 Bertram A. Scott 24 Fairview Avenue 1943 Arthur Buckwell 16 Baker Street TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31 1943 Herbert Diamond 489 Lincoln Avenue 1943 Edwin Earle 3 Jackson Street 1943 Eleanor L. Newhall 7 Morton Avenue 1943 Ruth L. Sheldon 18 Kent Street 1943 Warren 0. Sheldon 18 Kent Street 1943 Chauncy Whittredge 8 Kent Street 1943 Benedict Wolfe 485 Central Street 1943 Leon Young 16 Smith Road PRECINCT THREE Term Expires Name Address 1945 Vernon W. Evans 94 Chestnut Street 1945 John R. Gifford 8 Pratt Street 1945 Frank A. Green 20 Richard Street 1945 William E. Ludden 64 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Paul F. Neal 10 Rickard Street 1945 Herbert B. Newhall 76V2 Lincoln Avenue 1945 George W. Pitman 14 Hillcrest Street 1945 Samuel E. Rice 8 Ella Street 1945 George E. Robinson 61 Ballard Street 1945 Henry Seaver 45 Springvale Avenue 1944 Arthur R. Armstrong 1 Springvale Avenue 1944 Thomas A. Kelley 90 Chestnut Street 1944 William J. Maag 39 Springdale Avenue 1944 Viola M. MacLaren 30 Newhall Street 1944 Charles H. Moore 18 Riverview Avenue 1944 Walter L. C. Niles 62 Chestnut Street 1944 Frederick J. C. Price, Jr. 8 Alder Street 1944 George F. Price 157 Hesper Street 1944 Paul A. Ruthman 56 Lincoln Avenue 1944 Florence White 7 Lawndale Avenue 1943 Ernest J. Diotte 12 Riverview Avenue 1943 Milton E. French 16 Winter Street 1943 Henry M. Hodgkins 53 Chestnut Street 1943 Cornelius J. McHugh 5 Hillcrest Street 1943 Laura E. A. Pearson 5 Lawndale Avenue 1943 William C. Pennell 6 Hillcrest Street 1943 Ralph Prestat 8 Bailey Avenue 1943 Nellie C. Ruthman 56 Lincoln Avenue 1943 Harold R. Searles 15 Springdale Avenue 1943 Helen G. White 7 Lawndale Avenue PRECINCT FOUR Term Expires Name Address 1945 Gustave A. Anderson 9 Norman Road 1945 John S. Cashen 28 Pleasant Avenue 1945 Edward Gibbs, Jr. 85 Vine Street 1945 Edward Gibbs, 3rd 85 Vine Street 1945 Charles C. Holt 19 Anawan Avenue 1945 Horace C. Ramsdell 156 Essex Street 1945 Harold P. Rice 155 Essex Street 1945 Waldo B. Russell 8 Anawan Avenue 1945 James O. Smith 177 Essex Street 1944 Mary F. Banks 40 Vine Street 1944 William C. Banks 40 Vine Street 1944 Newell V. Bartlett 9 Anawan Avenue 1944 Margaret J. Daniels 211 Essex Street 1944 Wiliam A. Daniels 211 Essex Street 1942] TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 1944 Frank Repucci 3 Farrington Avenue 1944 Fred C. Smith 28 Highland Avenue 1944 John A. Taylor 21 Anawan Avenue 1944 Alfred H. Woodward 96 Adams Avenue 1943 Janette Woodward Gage 226 Essex Street 1943 William Irby 30 Highland Avenue 1943 Hugh D. Lewis 323 Essex Street 1943 Donald J. MacDonald 6 St. James Road 1943 Hazel C. Marison 19 First Street 1943 Warren S. Packard 22 Hayden Road 1943 Roy L. Smith 19 Hood Street 1943 Mabel C. Willey 45 Vine Street 1943 Virginia E. Woodward 96 Vine Street PRECINCT FIVE Term Expires Name Address 1945 Roswell W. Abbott 29 Walden Pond Avenue 1945 Paul E. Baldwin 84 Cleveland Avenue 1945 Francis W. Comey 27 Walden Pond Avenue 1945 Clement C. Fearns 8 Bow Street 1945 Chester P. Gibson 9 Birchwood Avenue 1945 Arthur L. Hawkes 133 Walnut Street 1945 Harry W. Merrill 109 Water Street 1945 A. Willard Moses 139 Walnut Street 1945 Robert G. Pike 5 Spring Street 1944 Maurice H. Day 435 Walnut Street 1944 Richard Downes 9 Reservoir Avenue 1944 John A. Hamerstrom 80 Cleveland Avenue 1944 Stanley B. Harmon 11 Cleveland Avenue 1944 Arthur Lee Homan 116 Walnut Street 1944 Richard Merrill 109 Water Street 1944 Howard W. Morse 479 Walnut Street 1944 Otto F. Persson 37 Cleveland Avenue 1944 Thomas M. Robinson 23 Water Street 1943 Irene E. Anderson 33 Fairmount Avenue 1943 Joseph Buccherie 21 Old County Road 1943 Robert K. Carpenter 135 Water Street 1943 Frank J. Collins 35 Central Street 1943 Edward J. Higgins 229 Walnut Street 1943 Hollis E. Hogle, Jr. 59 Water Street 1943 Edward South 122 Fairmount Avenue 1943 Edwin M. Thompson 16 Lenox Avenue 1943 Walter A. Thorne 213 Water Street PRECINCT SIX Term Expires Name Address 1945 John J. Bucchiere 254 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Washington L. Bryer 370 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Agnes B. Dodge 18 Birch Street 1945 Frank Evans, Jr. 305 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Paul J. Hayes 16 Birch Street 1945 Charles S. James 28 Dustin Street 1945 Albion Ramsdell Rice 347 Lincoln Avenue 1945 Frank C. Rice 352 Lincoln Avenue 1945 William H. Robinson 45 Intervale Avenue 1945 Howard E. Shattuck 7 Birch Street 1944 Carl E. Chapman 17 Dreeme Street 1944 Phyllis E. Dodge 18 Birch Street TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31 1944 Leslie E. Downs 8 Birch Street 1944 Fred W. McKay 5 Sunnyside Park 1944 George N. McKay 17 Sunnyside Park 1944 Bertha F. Morrison 15 Elaine Avenue 1944 Edward J. Oljey 27 Birch Street 1944 Frank L. Piatt 383 Lincoln Avenue 1944 Benjamin A. Ramsdell 25 Madeira Street 1944 Richard J. Spencer 492 Central Street 1943 James Dolaser 282 Lincoln Avenue 1943 Vincent J. Dolaser 282 Lincoln Avenue 1943 Anna G. James 28 Dustin Street 1943 Edward J. O'Neill 34 V2 Birch Street 1943 Carl A. Sawyer 5 Oakwood Avenue 1943 Herbert W. Spence 12 Overlea Avenue 1943 Paul F. Waugh 11 Hillside Avenue PRECINCT SEVEN Term Expires Name Address 1945 Alexander S. Addison 8 Granite Road 1945 William Stewart Braid 6 Allison Road 1945 Napoleon B. Corthell 7 Raddin Terrace 1945 Frederick J. England 22 Linwood Street 1945 Clarence S. Kenerson 12 Clifton Street 1945 George H.